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The Denon Home 350 is the best home speaker for bass that we've tested. This smart home speaker offers outstanding voice assistant support with Alexa built-in and has no trouble registering your commands from far away and in noisier settings. You can link it to multiple other compatible speakers across your home, and you can even link it to a compatible Denon soundbar to create a home theater setup.

This stereo speaker has a boomy out-of-the-box and can produce a deep, thumpy, and rumbling low-bass. It has a balanced mid-range, so vocals and lead instruments sound clear and present in the mix. There are bass and treble adjustments in its companion app which you can use to tweak its sound to better suit your preferences, and it can also get loud enough to fill large rooms with sound.

Unfortunately, it's large and heavy and needs to remain plugged into a power source to work due to its wired design, so it isn't very portable or easy to move from room to room. Also, there are compression artifacts present at max volume that degrade the quality of your audio at louder volume levels. If you're a fan of bass-heavy music and are looking for a good home speaker that can produce a thumpy and rumbling bass, it's still a solid choice.

The best Alexa-enabled Bluetooth speaker for bass that we've tested is the Denon Home 350. This loud wired speaker has a slightly boomy sound profile suitable for listening to a wide variety of music genres and can produce the deep thump and rumble in bass-heavy music like EDM and hip-hop, making it a great choice for music lovers. Its balanced mid-range ensures vocals and lead instruments reproduce clearly and accurately in the mix. If you like having control over your speaker's sound, you can customize its sound to your liking, thanks to the bass and treble adjustments featured in its companion app. It has middling directivity resulting in a narrow and directional-sounding soundstage. It also has high Bluetooth latency with iOS and Android devices, which isn't ideal for watching movies and videos.

Alexa is built into this smart speaker, and you can activate the assistant with your voice. It does an excellent job of understanding you from far away and in noisy rooms. You can also mute its mic when you no longer want it listening to you and can even connect it to compatible Denon soundbars to create a home setup. If you don't care for Bluetooth latency or a wide-sounding soundstage, this loud speaker's slightly boomy and customizable sound profile makes it the best Alexa speaker for music and bass that we've tested.

The Denon Home 350 is the best home speaker for music that we've tested. While it isn't as portable and versatile as the Sonos Move, this speaker can play stereo without downmixing it to mono, resulting in a more immersive soundstage. It can also produce a more extended low-bass, so you can feel the thump and punch in bass-heavy music like hip-hop or EDM. 

It offers fantastic voice assistant support with Alexa built-in and has no trouble registering your voice from far and in noisy rooms. You can activate the assistant with your voice and can mute the speaker's mic when you no longer want it listening to you. You can even connect it to compatible Denon soundbars to create a home setup. This smart speaker has a boomy sound profile overall with a balanced mid-range that ensures vocals and lead instruments sound clear and present in the mix.

Unfortunately, it has middling directivity, so your audio doesn't sound as clear from all angles. There's some compression present at max volume that degrades the quality of your audio at louder volume levels. It also needs to remain wired to a power source for it to work, so you can't easily move it from room to room with you. That said, if you just want to enjoy your favorite music at home, and don't care much about moving the speaker around, it's still a solid choice.

The best loud home speaker we've tested is the Denon Home 350. While it doesn't get as loud as the Klipsch The Three II, this home speaker comes with Alexa built-in and can produce a more extended low-bass. You can activate Alexa with your voice, and it has no trouble registering your commands in noisy rooms and from far away. You can even link the speaker to compatible Denon soundbars to create a home setup.

Its default sound profile is boomy and can produce quite an extended thumpy and rumbling low-bass, which is great if you're a fan of bass-heavy music like EDM or hip-hop. Its balanced mid-range ensures lead instruments and voices sound clear and present in the mix, which is also great for podcast and audiobook-lovers. You can also tweak its sound to your liking, thanks to the bass and treble adjustments featured in its companion app.

Unfortunately, its directivity is middling, resulting in a narrow and shallow-sounding soundstage. Due to its wired design, it needs to remain connected to a power source to work, so it isn't very portable. There's also some compression present at max volume that degrades the quality of your audio as you bump up the volume. If you're looking for a speaker to add to your home that can get loud, this smart speaker is still a solid choice.

Prepared to splurge on the best-sounding Bluetooth speaker to keep at home? Check out the Denon Home 350. This home speaker offers a slightly boomy sound profile that can produce a deep, thumpy, and rumbling low-bass that'll please fans of bass-heavy music. The rest of its range is balanced, so vocals and lead instruments sound clear and present in the mix. There are bass and treble adjustments in its companion app to customize its sound to your liking.

This smart speaker also offers outstanding voice assistant support with Alexa built-in. You can activate Alexa with your voice and mute the speaker when you no longer want it listening to you. It does an excellent job of registering your commands when you're far away from the speaker and when you're in noisier rooms. You can also connect the speaker to a compatible Denon soundbar to upgrade your home theater setup. However, this large and heavy speaker isn't designed to be very portable like the Sonos Move since it needs to remain connected to a power outlet for it to work.

The Denon Home 350 is a stereo speaker designed for use at home and naturally blends in better with your home decor than the other party speakers on this list, like the JBL PartyBox 310. It has a boomy default sound profile and can produce an impressive deep, thumpy, and rumbling low-bass. It has a balanced mid-range, so vocals and lead instruments sound clear and present in the mix. There are also bass and treble adjustments in its companion app, which you can use to tweak its sound to better suit your preferences and can get loud enough to fill large rooms with sound.

This smart home speaker offers outstanding voice assistant support, with Alexa built-in, and has no trouble registering your commands from far away and in noisier settings. You can link it to multiple other compatible speakers across your home and to a compatible Denon soundbar to create a home theater setup. Its sleek design also makes it easy to blend in with your home decor, though it isn't very portable since it needs to remain wired to a power outlet to work.

The best Alexa speaker that we've tested is the Denon Home 350. This premium home speaker has built-in support for Amazon Alexa, meaning you can control its functions with your voice. Whether you're in the midst of a noisy party or calling out to the speaker from the other side of the room, it can hear your commands clearly and without issue. Its sleek design blends easily into your home decor, and you simply need to plug it into a power outlet to get it to work. When you don't want it to listen to you anymore, you can mute Alexa's microphone, which is handy for privacy-conscious users.

This speaker is a solid choice for listening to many different types of audio content, from music to podcasts to audiobooks. It reproduces voices and lead instruments with clarity and detail, and there's even a little extra punch in the bass range to bring genres like hip-hop and EDM to life, making it the best Alexa speaker for music we've tested. If you prefer a different sound, you can adjust its bass and treble performance using the sliders in the HEOS app. Handily enough, you can even pair multiple speakers together to create a stereo pair or connect the speaker to a Denon soundbar for 5.1 sound. Of course, with its wired design, it's not very portable, but if you want a premium setup for home use, it's a great choice.

The best home speaker we've tested is the Denon Home 350. It's a rectangular speaker with a sleek design that blends easily into your home decor, and you can control its features from your couch thanks to built-in Alexa. Whether you're listening to music, podcasts, or audiobooks, the speaker offers good sound quality, making it the best home speaker for music we've tested. Voices and lead instruments are clearly and accurately reproduced, and there's a touch of extra punch in the bass to bring genres like EDM and hip-hop to life. If you prefer a different sound, you can customize it thanks to the bass and treble sliders in the HEOS app.

If you're looking to take the party to other rooms in your house, this speaker offers many features to get the job done. In the app, you can pair multiple compatible speakers together, so you can enjoy an even sound across the same room or play audio in multiple rooms in your house. Also, if you own certain Denon soundbars, you can connect the speaker for a more immersive 5.1 theater setup. Of course, since it's meant for use in your home, it has a wired design, and you can't bring it outdoors. But if you're looking for a speaker that can bring a pleasing sound to your home, it's a great choice.

Home speakers are a great option if you plan to use your speaker only in your home. They aren't battery-operated, so you have to plug them into an outlet to use them, but their sleek and stylish designs mean they blend into your decor with more ease than speakers designed to hold up with outdoor use. The Denon Home 350 is the best one for iPhone that we've tested, and it's a premium choice that can please lots of different users. You can connect your phone over more traditional methods like Bluetooth, but it also supports Apple AirPlay, with low latency for those who want to watch videos on their iPhones.

Right out-of-the-box, this speaker brings a great sound quality, with clear and detailed reproduction of voices and other instruments. There's lots of bass, especially compared to other premium models like the Sonos Move. Plus, the Heos app lets you switch up its sound by adjusting its bass and treble, so it has more customization than the Apple HomePod mini. You won't find support for Siri, but you can still control it with your voice thanks to its built-in Alexa support. It's a great pick for home use, but if you want a speaker that's sturdy enough to take outdoors, the Sonos Move is a better pick.

The best smart speaker we've tested is the Denon Home 350. It's a premium setup designed for home use, with built-in Alexa, meaning you can control its features with your voice. Its voice assistant functionalities work well, as the speaker can hear your commands clearly whether you're on the other side of the room or amidst a noisy party. Using the Heos app, you get access to some extra features, so you can pair two speakers together for a stereo pair or connect the speaker to a compatible Denon soundbar for a more immersive home theater setup. Plus, the bass and treble adjustments make it possible to switch up its sound more to your liking, which is nice.

That said, this speaker performs well right out of the box. Instruments in your favorite music are clear and present in the mix, and you don't have any trouble following dialogue in podcasts and audiobooks. Its bass brings out the thump and rumble in bass-heavy genres like EDM and hip-hop, making it the best-sounding smart speaker we've tested. Overall, this speaker is a versatile addition to your living room setup&mdash; but since it's meant for use while plugged into an outlet, you can't bring it outdoors.

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